Mark Labberton
Christian Living
“As Armas tells of her own personal and communal formation under her abuela’s gutsy, loving, and resistant spiritual life, she also carefully analyzes Scripture and evokes a tantalizing humanness in communion with God, family, and the world. Abuelita Faith is not an abstraction, an ideal, or an ideology; it’s a challenging witness to a vigorously embodied hope.”
Christian Living
“Armas habla de su propia formación personal y comunitaria bajo la vida espiritual valiente, amorosa y resistente de su abuela, a la vez que analiza cuidadosamente las Escrituras y evoca una humanidad tentadora en comunión con Dios, la familia y el mundo. Abuelita fe no es una abstracción, un ideal o una ideología; es un testimonio desafiante de una esperanza vigorosamente encarnada”.”
Ethics, Culture & Social Issues
“Amy Sherman does it again! She lands squarely on critical issues and practices that should demonstrate what it means to be Christ's people in the world for the common good. She always motivates and inspires me to follow in the Jesus way, to which she so ably points. Don't just read this book, let it guide you to live out its compelling, Jesus-shaped vision.”
Christian Living
“'Balance' for John Stott is not about a neutral middle. Instead, it is the vigorous act of faithful both/and living—frequently holding to two extremes rather than sliding to one or the other. This short book is a classic example of Stott's passionate desire to uphold an evangelicalism that does not fall prey to oversimplifications and immature stereotypes but instead displays and articulates a more mature discipleship. This approach, he argues, reflects the Scriptures themselves and enables the kind of thought, relationships and actions that bear witness to Jesus Christ in a complex world. Though first written for a different time, his words are still poignant and provocative.”
Marriage, Family & Relationships
“Kutter Callaway has written and assembled a rich tool for reflection on marriage and relationships in today's milieu. Its honest, provocative, and savvy engagement, combined with biblical and theological considerations, makes it a strong resource. Some of the additional voices—especially Joshua Beckett's—make it that much richer.”
C. S. Lewis and the Crisis of a Christian
Christian Living
“Greg Cootsona’s treatment of C.S. Lewis reflects the passion and thoroughness of a devoté who savors the insights of a long-term mentor. He relishes handing on morsels of Lewis’ imagination and insight, while he also analyzes and measures Lewis’ enduring value. Reading this book will enhance your experience of the feast that is C.S. Lewis, but it will also fortify the heart and imagination for the “crises” which all true faith must engage.”
Christian Living
“Deep Peace draws with wisdom and compassion the ways Jesus can still our individual and collective storms and give us peace for life in the midst of the storms.”
Christian Living
“Craig Barnes has more gifts than anyone has a right to have, and many of them shine in Diary of a Pastor’s Soul: simple and beautiful eloquence, spiritual poignancy and finesse, brilliance in vulnerability, predictability woven in with surprise, and hope that knows the inseparability of sorrow and laughter. The meal Barnes offers us is served up like a harvest of ordinary ruminations from a pastor’s soul. It gradually turns out, however, to be more like sitting at Babette’s feast, prepared by one specially gifted by God to show us how local and seasonal ingredients of pain, beauty, and faith can be more than enough to reveal a table that is actually laden with truth and grace—for the people and even for the pastor. Take and eat.”
Ethics, Culture & Social Issues
Foreword
“Dr. Hak Joon Lee and Dr. Tim Dearborn, both scholars and pastors, have edited this fascinating and demanding volume of essays to enable Christian identity to be better understood and demonstrated in the face of complex ethical questions raised in a radically pluralistic and globalizing world. . . . May these essays cause all their readers, as they have me, to grapple thoughtfully and faithfully, in agreement or disagreement, toward a Christian life of more deeply formed moral thought and action, not as philosophical abstraction but as embodied and humble life that I pray will be a truer reflection of Jesus Christ.”
Faith, Doubt, and God's Mysterious Timing
Christian Living
“Over the many years I have known Laurie Polich Short, she has always been such an honest realist about faith and life. Her voice here about faith and doubt rings with that same vigorous searching, and practical help.”
Christian Living
“Laurie Short has been following Jesus into places of light and of darkness — because all of that is part of being an authentic person and a genuine disciple. Here she reflects on lessons she has seen in her life and in the lives of others. Let her honesty of faith lead and encourage your own.”
Counseling, Grief & Mental Health
“What Bethany Dearborn Hiser offers here is essential for every pastor, social worker, caregiver, or friend: a gaze into the groaning beauty of being human. Her vision of this mystery is candid, sustained, tender, and hopeful. Holistic life and ministry has seldom been portrayed as more inspiring, or as more daunting. Hiser gives those of us in ministry a clear reminder that human beings reflect the exquisite glory of God's design as well as our human proclivity to be victims and perpetrators of our own worst instincts. Therein lies the glory and agony of the human journey that every teenager, young adult, client, older parishioner, family, or small group must face. Our individual and collective need for credible hope turns first on God's gift in Jesus Christ and also on our readiness to live nothing more, but nothing less, than a truly human life—for our sake and our neighbor's. This is the mission of God's grace in every ministry setting. I'm grateful that Hiser helps us see why we need this ourselves and how to live it in freedom and joy, more than in exhaustion.”
Gods That Fail, Revised Edition
Ethics, Culture & Social Issues
“Gods That Fail bears the hallmarks of Vinoth Ramachandra's exceptional contributions to Christian thought and practice. His writing is incisive and provocative, illuminating and challenging, profound and accessible. Ramachandra's careful logic exposes the deceptive illusions and distortions of our idolatries, and calls us into the life-giving light of God's revelation in Jesus Christ. Gods That Fail offers a compelling analysis of our context and confusion, and a motivating call to clarity and faithfulness.”
Ethics, Culture & Social Issues
“Justice—the life-giving use of power in all relationships—is essential to God's joyful vision for human flourishing. Good News About Injustice points us toward this intention and hope, and motivates us to join God and one another in a passionate and urgent pursuit of this vision. The juggernaut of our own inadequacies on the one hand, and the scale of need on the other, cannot and need not stop us from seeking justice for all our sakes, especially those violently oppressed by unjust people and systems.”
Church Leadership & Ministry
“The church would be Christ’s new community if everyone in the church loved it like Bob Henderson! In his newest book, Henderson’s love is channeled into the determined and creative labor of trying to re-conceive the church for the twenty-first century. Gripped by the love of Jesus Christ for a changing world and generations, Henderson raises just the critical questions for fresh consideration and action that we must all take seriously.”
How I Changed My Mind About Evolution
Science & Faith
“This book captures the convictions and stories of an array of Christians whose scholarship, reflection, faith and community have brought them to affirm God's use of evolution in the processes of creation. Consider their stories. Ponder their convictions. May your journey too be one that fully opens to worshipful wonder and scientific discovery.”
Prayer & Spiritual Formation
“By seeing prayer through some of church history's most valuable mentors, this book leads us into practices that are both deep and accessible. It is a book that informs, invites and nourishes our hunger for God. Feast in it!”
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